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70%Value For Money

68%Security

81%Location

60%Staff

56%Atmosphere

59%Cleanliness

54%Facilities

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Slept in a tin shed with minimal heating in minus degrees. Bathroom was a 2 minute walk out of the shed through the mud and sleet. Room. Was tiny with nowhere to put bags, extremely cramped and uncomfortable with 4 backpackers and all our hiking gear. Staff were rude. Terrible.

This is by far the cheapest hostel I could find in el calafate but you really get what you pay for here. Bathrooms with outside access only. tiny rooms with no lockers. Didn't notice any common space indoors. No way to get internet except if u are near reception area. I was happy to stay there because most other hostels are almost double the price but really don't expect anything special besides bare essentials.

We stayed 3 nights in a private room and it was the worst experience ever. It was noisy because of the staff we could hear through the walls. We were above the reception and the kitchen. The walls are thin as paper. From 8pm to 1 am noisy. We were even able to hear the staff changing the bins and doing the dishes. They even put some music at midnight and sang as if they were alone. Moreover the kitchen equipment was ridiculous. Only one pan and one spoon for everyone.

The Hostel is actually more a campsite than a Hostel. Bathrooms get quite dirty during the day. Dorms are really really tiny, there's barely room for everyone and the stuff you bring. But the price is ok and if you prepare to stay at a campsite rather than a hostel it's fine.

the dorm is 2m square fitting four beds, with barely space to move and no lockers or space to store stuff, at least it is warm. bathrooms and showers are 15m away with hot water but no heating, and not very clean. sleeping in the dorm allows you to use the kitchen but not the common are with couches tv and computer, and wifi is only at the reception, pretty slow too. i found the receptionists pretty rude, and unwelcoming. it is a cheap choice but still don't worth the price.

ok... so it depends where you're staying. If you're out the back in the shed-like dorms near the camping toilets, you get no wifi, you share toilets with 100 other campers (lines for showers and toilets), the doors don't feel secure at all, and it's not clean. We were there during a busy festival weekend though. The dorms in the main area are much nicer.

Guests are not able to enter the ground of the hostel until 2 pm. Even if they just want to leave their luggage before check in.
There are a lot of extra costs (table tax in restaurant and 20 Pesos to pay if you dont order drinks).
The 4 dorm bedrooms are too small for 4 people. There is no bright light in the rooms and it is very dirty.
Very unfriendly staff.

It was not really nice to turn on the light at 1 am and 3 am while we are sleeping in the room. The staff did it to show the room to new arrival and didnt stay quiet and woke up us to move few things!!!

Stayed in the 4 bed dorm outside in the campsite. You get exactly what you pay for - it's super cheap but you don't get anything in the way of cooking facilities and you have to walk outside to the toilet block. But good place to crash for a night or two as it's so cheap and walking distance to bus station